💬 "The fact that Barack Obama, who has been responsible for multiple military interventions, or the EU, which is an unaccountable political body with self-serving and distinct political aims, have been awarded the prize while undoubted pacifists and compassionate figures like Mahatma Gandhi did not, is proof enough that the prize award is often a political, not a merit-based decision."

💬 "Candidates are nominated and chosen by committees which consist of public figures, notables and often politicians or high-profile figures who desperately want it. To pretend that these people are not motivated, at least in part, by political views and/or influenced by political pressure is totally unrealistic," Beck concludes.

🔊 "After two years and the dust settling of this battle, this war, imposed on our people, we, like all our fellow countrymen, hope to restore our lives. To rebuild what the occupation tried to erase from our lives," Palestinian journalist Said Al-Akhras told Sputnik following the Israel–Hamas peace agreement.

💬 “Starting November 1, 2025 (or sooner, depending on China’s actions), the United States will impose a 100% tariff on China,” President Donald Trump said on Truth Social.

💬 “No, I haven’t canceled, but I don’t know that we’re going to have it. I’m going to be there regardless, so I would assume we might have it,” President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

💬 “They have a lot of Boeing planes and they need parts and lots of things like that,” Trump told reporters.